NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY’S RULES DO NOT ALLOW A SINGLE ADULT AND ADULT CHILD TO RESIDE PERMANENTLY IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, ADULT CHILD ALLOWED TEMPORARY RESIDENCY TO CARE FOR HIS MOTHER WAS NOT ENTITLED TO REMAINING FAMILY MEMBER STATUS UPON THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Wilson, over a concurring opinion, reversing the appellate division, determined the petitioner’s application for remaining family member (RFM) status allowing him to reside in his late mother’s one bedroom apartment was properly denied. The New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA’s) rules do not allow a single adult and and adult child to live together in a one bedroom apartment. Although petitioner could reside in the apartment temporarily to care for his mother, he was not entitled to permanent permission to live in the apartment and therefore he was not entitled to RFM status:

… NYCHA’s rules contemplate that a tenant may require a live-in home-care attendant, either for the duration of a transient illness or the last stages of life, and its rules expressly allow for a live-in home-care attendant as a temporary resident, even if the grant of permission would result in “overcrowding,” without regard to whether the home-care attendant is related to the tenant. Mr. Aponte was, in effect, afforded temporary residency status. Essentially, Mr. Aponte is arguing that NYCHA’s policy is arbitrary and capricious because it does not allow him to bypass the 250,000-household waiting line as a reward for enduring an “overcrowded” living situation while caring for his mother. NYCHA could adopt the policy Mr. Aponte advocates, to encourage people to care for elderly relatives by giving them a succession priority over others, but we cannot say on the record before us that its adoption of a different policy, prioritizing children in need and persons facing homelessness when allocating its insufficient stock of public housing, is arbitrary or capricious. Matter of Aponte v Olatoye, 2018 NY Slip Op 01112, CtApp 2-15-18

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